Jimmy Rushing - Rushing Lullabies/Brubeck & Rushing [New CD]

5 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE

2 LPs ON 1 CD
 

The complete original LP Rushing Lullabies (Columbia CS8196), showcasing Jimmy Rushing. Featuring Buddy Tate, Sir Charles Thompson (on organ), Ray Bryant (on piano), and Jo Jones. As a bonus, the complete albumBrubeck & Rushing (Columbia CS8353), which marks Rushing’s only recorded encounter with the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Includes 16-page booklet

PERSONNEL:

JIMMY RUSHING, vocals on all tracks, plus:

1-12: RUSHING LULLABIES
Buddy Tate (tenor sax), Sir Charles Thompson (organ), Ray Bryant (piano),
Skeeter Best (guitar), Gene Ramey (bass), Jo Jones (drums).
New York, June 11 (tracks 3-4 & 6-7), June 17 (tracks 2, 5 & 8-9) & June 19 (tracks 1 & 10-12), 1959.

13-23: BRUBECK & RUSHING –THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET
FEATURING JIMMY RUSHING
Paul Desmond (alto sax), Dave Brubeck (piano), Gene Wright (bass), Joe Morello (drums).
New York, January 29 (tracks 12-13, 15 & 22-23), February 16 (tracks 14, 16 & 21) & August 4 (tracks 17-20), 1960.

Tracks:

01 YOU CAN’T RUN AROUND BLUES 3:12
02 SAY YOU DON’T MEAN IT 2:31
03 ‘DEED I DO 2:50
04 PINK CHAMPAGNE 2:39
05 DID YOU EVER 3:29
06 I CRIED FOR YOU 4:01
07 THREE LONG YEARS 3:15
08 I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH ME 5:50
09 GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT 3:11
10 ONE EVENING 2:27
11 RUSSIAN LULLABY 5:45
12 TRAVEL THE ROAD OF LOVE 2:11
13 THERE’LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE 2:10
14 MY MELANCHOLY BABY 4:01
15 BLUES IN THE DARK 4:42
16 I NEVER KNEW 2:32
17 AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ 3:25
18 EVENIN’ 4:14
19 ALL BY MYSELF 2:34
20 RIVER, STAY ‘WAY FROM MY DOOR 4:26
21 YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME 3:31
22 SHINE ON HARVEST MOON 2:10
23 AM I BLUE? 2:52

Total Time: 78:09
 

Original Down Beat review: Rushing Lullabies
“This is an LP that makes me wish there was a higher rating than five stars in Down Beat’s reviewing structure. Every aspiring jazz musician, every class in jazz history (up the river and all), and every school of jazz from Lenox to Berklee, should make this LP a standard reference text. Ownership of it an continued listening to it should predate any discussion of the verb ‘to swing’. One has to be unemotional indeed to hear this record and not feel better. (Ralph J. Gleason)

Original Down Beat review:° Brubeck & Rushing°
“The seemingly unlikely combination of Brubeck and Rushing has worked to the advantage of the singer, the quartet, and, ultimately, the listener. Rushing has the advantage of a marvellously rhythmic cushion in the accompaniment of Brubeck, Wright, and Morello. The entire meeting is very relaxed and refreshing.” (John S. Wilson)